Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Teasel

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Teasel is a favorite flower for several butterflies including the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.  This specimen was in particularly good shape, meaning that it is probably young.  They only live as a individual for a short period, perhaps two weeks.

They have a nectar sipping tube called a proboscis. They stick it into the flower to sip.  It looks to me like some the flowers come out remaining on the proboscis.  You can see them moving like they are part of the proboscis.

I love to photograph butterflies and am finding that I also like to video them quite a lot.  I think that everyone shout take a look at this.

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